Pucci, as it turns out, is a big horror fan and we got him fired up talking about the Evil Dead at WonderCon over the weekend.
There are ever-so-slight spoilers. Honestly, I don’t see them as such, but there are sensitive individuals out there who may take issue with the brief chat inside. So, just covering our ass here!
Shock Till You Drop: Good to meet you and congrats on pulling off a great flick.
Lou Taylor Pucci: I’m excited, man. All we had to do was follow the rules, do the right thing and be sincere about it.
Shock: And keep it a bit grounded…just a little. I mean, I think your character takes a hell of a beating, I don’t know if anyone could stand that…
Pucci: That’s true. That’s probably the most fantastic part is just how much of a beating I take, but I love it! That’s the character I love to watch in any movie. I always said to myself, I only want to be in films I actually want to see. I’m a horror fan and sci-fi fan and this is the coolest thing I’ve done.
Shock: Well, I’m a huge fan of what you did in Carriers – an underrated film I try to recommend to people.
Pucci: Thanks, man. Yeah, it’s a small, post-apocalyptic film that’s deep and heavy and dark.
Shock: Did you get an accurate count of how many gallons of blood this production needed?
Pucci: Oh my god, I think it was 50,000 gallons or something… I’d like to say why, but I can’t. Let’s just say there’s a lot.
Shock: As a fan of horror, how excited were you to meet The Chin?
Pucci: Oh, a huge fan of The Chin! I went to my callback because I heard he was there and I wanted to meet him. I had no expectation of getting the part and I’m usually put into more indie films, more dramas. This time in my life, I’ve been having a lot more fun with the parts I’ve been getting and I think that’s why they cast me. They needed somebody who would have fun with it.
Shock: Talk about the look of your character. It has a ’70s vibe…
Pucci: I said I’m keeping the beard and I’m keeping the hair. And he was like, ‘Eh, I don’t know about the beard.’ I got to have the beard. So I beat him into it and he surrendered.
Shock: The old school glasses are a nice touch, too.
Pucci: That was Fede. He wanted them to be a part of it. My character is the professor dude who opens the book and it’s more believable.
Shock: Let’s talk about the book and what it was made of…
Pucci: That thing was disgusting. I wanted to keep a page of that so bad. The art was disgustingly good. Whenever you see a movie that have cool books with cool graphics, I’ve always wanted to find one. With this, I got to play with one. It had flesh and hair and blood. Nailed-in flesh. The binding was scary as hell.
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